Grand Rounds Schedule

Location: Online (via Zoom)

Date/Time: Thursdays, 10:30 am to Noon

Spring 2023

Date

Presenter(s) & Discussant(s)

Title of Presentation

January 5th, 2023

Emily Rosen, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Johnny Laurence
Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist
Inova Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor
GWU School of Medicine

“Catalonia"

January 12th, 2023

James Lockhart, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
James Griffith, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Vice Chair for Education
GWU School of Medicine

PTSD in the African American Community as a Result of Racial Trauma"

January 19th, 2023

Veda Ghodasara, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Ahmed Sherif S. Abdel Meguid

“The Neurocognitive Workup in the Geriatric Population”

January 26th, 2023

Miglia Cornejo, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Nhi-Ha Trinh 

“Revisiting Mental Health among Asian Americans in the face of COVID-19”

February 2nd, 2023

Marc Ruszaj, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. David Annas

“Mass Shootings and Mental Illness”

February 9th, 2023

Nina Govalla, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant: TBD

“Mental Health in the West African Community”

February 16th, 2023

Prudhvi Bandi, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Benedicto Borja

“The Hail Mary of Psychiatry – Clozapine: Increasing Use Through Education, Monitoring Guidelines, and Management of Side Effects”

February 23th, 2023

Melanie Tam, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

March 2nd, 2023

Jonathan Liu, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

March 9th, 2023

Krista Koskinen, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

March 16nd, 2023

Tina Safavi, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

March 23rd, 2023

Alexander Beard, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

March 30th, 2023

Roe Zelasko, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

April 6th, 2023

James L. Griffith, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
GWU School of Medicine

“Morbidity and Mortality Conference”

April 13th, 2023

Ezra Griffith, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and African American Studies
Yale University

"Human Dignity in Our Work"

April 20th, 2023

Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Chief
Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital

Harry G. Lehnert, Jr.
Lucille F. Cyr Endowed Chair, Mass General Research Institute,
Massachusetts General Hospital

TBD

April 27th, 2023

Francis G. Lu, M.D., DLFAPA
Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus
UC Davis

“DSM 5-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally/Structurally Competent Care”

May 4th, 2023

Lise Van Susteren, MD
Clinical Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine

TBD
May 11th, 2023 No Grand Rounds - Resident Retreat No Grand Rounds - Resident Retreat
May 18th, 2023

Catherine Monk
Diana Vagelos Professor of Women’s Mental Health
Director, Women’s Mental Health
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Professor of Medical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry 
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Jerry M. Wiener, MD Endowed Lecture for Psychiatric Education

“Development & Parenting Begin before Birth: The Science—and Clinical Opportunities—of Fetal Origins of Future Child Health”

May 25th, 2023 Chynere Best, PhD “Integrating Global Mental Health Interventions into Community-Based Organizations in New York City: Challenges and Opportunities for the DC Area”
June 1st, 2023

Marilyn F. Kraus, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Former Medical Director
Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic
GWU School of Medicine

TBD
June 8th, 2023

Lisa Eitches, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference

June 15th, 2023

*Last Grand Rounds

George Rachiotis
Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Occupational Hygiene
Medical Faculty, University of Thessaly Greece

“Economic Disaster and Impact on Mental Health in Greece and Europe: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Present”

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physicians' Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

CME certificates will not be issued on an activity-by-activity basis. However, a transcript of CME credits earned through GW grand rounds may be requested from the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by calling 202-994-4285.